Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. DEATH TOLL RISES, BUT SKIES MAY FINALLY BRIGHTEN IN HOUSTON
The latest forecast delivers hope after five days of torrential rain submerged America’s fourth-largest city: Less than an inch of rain and perhaps even sunshine.
2. WHO IS BRACING FOR HARVEY
More wind and water is headed for western Louisiana as the deadly tropical storm makes another landfall near the Texas-Louisiana border with the state still haunted by Katrina.